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How to become a luxury real estate agent

Housing Wire

Develop in-depth knowledge, showcase your expertise, and position yourself as the go-to authority in that property or market niche. Use this tool: Coffee & Contracts Thoughtfully designed by former real estate agent Haley Ingram, Coffee & Contracts offers a suite of upscale social media templates for every social platform.

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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

In addition to Massachusetts-approved, prelicensing courses and continuing education courses for MA and NH license renewals, New England Academy provides professional development courses for sales and management development in an online, multimedia format. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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How To Appraise Rural Properties

Appraisal Today

There may be seminars available. It involves analyzing data collected in mass quantities, developing statistics from the data, and applying the results to value properties. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 6.84 percent from 7.02

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5 Appraisal Topics Every Agent Should Know

Empire Appraisal Group

It’s also the appraiser’s job to develop an opinion on a home’s fair market value, and just because the buyer and seller have agreed on a price doesn’t mean that’s the true value of the property, said Francois Gregoire, broker, appraiser, instructor, and president of Gregoire & Gregoire Inc., Let them know how many offers came in.

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Appraiser Professional Goals

Appraisal Today

Now is the time to learn all the features in your MLS and forms software, upgrade your skills by taking seminars and classes, and more. The BPS places new homes built in one of four development categories. In addition to “teardown” and “infill,” the categories include “new residential development” and ”not in a residential development.”

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Appraisers: How to Spend Less Time on Email

Appraisal Today

Excerpts: At a recent residential appraiser seminar, one of the topics was non-lender appraisals. The data illustrating the turn are based on fresh methodology developed by the American Enterprise Institute’s Housing Center. This is a new development, as federal investigations had so far exclusively been by HUD. percent from 5.43

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Fannie Mae Takes A Closer Look at Appraisals

Appraisal Today

Unfortunately, because many appraisals were rarely rejected or required corrections, appraisers developed the false notion that poorly crafted appraisals were okay to turn in. I also think that now is the time to increase your appraisal skills by taking classes and seminars. I also have always had more CE hours than I need.